The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-11-11

WASHINGTON, Nov. &-Ihe Ahsrchn
application Tor viii % error WAS uen.eu
BY the supreme Court OF tho Onneu ssases
to-day. This destroys their iast ehanco
Tor judicial interference win tne ekeeu-
tion Of the sentence, ana their only nopo
now Tor proiongation % lie seems 20 ue-
pend upon the executive ciemency 81 sne
Governor Of Illinois the court room 49,
crowded when the justices took their seats
. few minutes past twelve O'CLOCK. lncy
appeared unusually solemn ana serious
and . hush fell over the room when Sn'et'
Justice Waite. without moments aeiays
announced that no would read the opinion
Of the court IN the matter OF an aPphca-
tion by Spies and others Tor writ OF error
TO the supreme Court o. the state OF III
nois.
Almost the hrst sentence mdicated tnat
the Anarchists appeal 70 the court o. last
resort was ineneetnsi ana WA. ~. WIZ
would pe denied. Sn'st sus''se "ans'
who y y unas,stooI prepascu ,ne uss .s
ion' proceeueu slowly anu va'"'y ~ -. 49,
tne dec's'ons WINE tne auu'ence p"'o 'As
closest attention 70 eaen se"'e"ee'
In the decision the court takes up sepa-
rately each Of the propositions advanced
by counsel Tor the petitioners, ana pro-
fact governing the record upon which
Il IL sought to establish these PROPOSE
tions, and In each and every case rules
distinctly against al these propositions.
They lay particular stress upon the TACT
4 that in previous decisions the con-
1 stitutonality Of laws similar 20 tne
( jury laws o. Illinois had been determined
in their favor and that the Supreme Court
\ Of Illinois had rightly held that the ac-
F. cused had not been denied . trial by an
impartial jury. Upon the question OF the
composition Of the jury In the trial court.
Il is held that both benker ana SANFORD
had been properly impanneled, and that
the fact that the defense bad exhausted
their peremptory challenges when Juror
Sanford was presented did not come with
in the rule laid down IN Territorial case
1919. =, 80 ss"t ~. shssors = r,ord
49,. $500, sA 49,. go - :
"as eo"Pse"s ~
Upon the question OF spies DC, ny com.
peeled 20 TESTIFY against nimseii' the cour.
holds that no suostantiation o. tnat TACT
was shown Dy tine record. upon 'ne
question OF illegal seizures IN spies, o.
nee, the court sustains the ruhng o. sne
Supreme Court Of illinois, when re.useo !,
TO consider THIS question: because hao
not been raised IN the triai court
Upon the question OF the speciai P'es
entered by General Butler snas spies ano
Fielden were aliens, and had been deprived
OF their rights and immunities under ex'
isting treaty stipulations with Germany
and England, the court holds that no sucn
question having been presented IN the
court below, nor any treaties having been
cited TO the court IN substantiation OF TINS
claim, and 8 the court had not been adj,
10 find any such treaties, u there followed
that IL could take no cognlzance q them
Is Il was question outside OF the record
Of the case.
Chief Justice Waite closed by saying
"We are, therefore, OF opinion that no Fed
erai question has been presented warrant
ing the interference Of this court, and
therefore we deny the writ"
cu,c.ao Nov. a--oolv The viii OF
R,ch.rd 4 OgIeshv- Governor OF Illinois
.or,etimes the genial. hut more often til,
cold. sfern ana implacable ssUncle Dick,
.t.nds between the Rallows and the sever
; Condemned Anarchists in the county jail
ssstranelc the law; throttle IT, were tn
ordinations which rang through Hay
market Square q the bomb descended OF
its terrible mission, and yesterday tn
, highest tribunal in the country placed up
on him the responsibility Of 0eciuiul
: whether or not the Law should strangl
and throttle those that dened and out
, ragged Il That responsibility Is : terrible
. one, but those Who know him know ais
that whatever he con siders his duty vii
DO done without ninching. and that lik
the laws OF the Modes and Persians hi
decision once arrived at 10 unalterable
/. That decision u now only matter Of
: few days.
: "These men are prepared for deatl
! They ask no mercy; they expect none.
said Death watch Osborn yesterda
morning. Just before seven little girl
|" dressed In white had brought In ~ man
: baskets Of fruit They departed withos
saying where or from whom the donatio
came, but IL was surmised that the errat
Train, who IL now in Omaha, was r
! sponsible for the act Of kindness
: General n. n Trumbull and Geora
1 SchiIling came In soon after and held 9
) earnest conversation Of half an hour
: duration with Sam Fieldsn. For the mel
!. two hours the condemned men were alon
: with their own thoughtsJ
: A private note addressed to Spies WI
I the first intimation that any Of them r.
= ceived that all hope, 80 far as the >
4 preme Court was concerned. was owe